Videos/Activities
I recommend students watch a video(s) before I present the topic in class. I don't spend a lot of time lecturing, so these videos supply some background knowledge for the activities we will do in class. I recommend all of the Amoeba Sister and Crash Course videos on Youtube.
You'll notice I have many BrainPop videos listed below. BrainPop is a subscription website that has excellent science videos, as well as history, English, math, arts, etc. Each video has a quiz and additional learning material associated with it. Horizon Charter School offers a discounted subscription price. You do not need to purchase a subscription to BrainPop, I just wanted to let you know about this great site. Some of the videos are free to watch without a subscription.
I recommend students watch a video(s) before I present the topic in class. I don't spend a lot of time lecturing, so these videos supply some background knowledge for the activities we will do in class. I recommend all of the Amoeba Sister and Crash Course videos on Youtube.
You'll notice I have many BrainPop videos listed below. BrainPop is a subscription website that has excellent science videos, as well as history, English, math, arts, etc. Each video has a quiz and additional learning material associated with it. Horizon Charter School offers a discounted subscription price. You do not need to purchase a subscription to BrainPop, I just wanted to let you know about this great site. Some of the videos are free to watch without a subscription.
High School Biology - South Sutter Charter School Syllabus
The red titles are videos I have found informational and relate to the QSL lab manual. The other videos are from the South Sutter Syllabus. I recommend all of the Amoeba Sister and Crash Course videos on Youtube. High schoolers can also find some corresponding videos in the sections above.
What is Science?
The Scientific Method - EducationPortal
Taboos of Science
Cells:
Tour of a Cell (High School level): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9pqST72is (My recommendation)
Cells Alive Explore this interactive site and view the Interactive Cell models and cell cycle.
UC Berkeley Lecture: Cells and Tissues (52 min) - plant cells only - very advanced
Khan Video: Parts of a Cell (21 min)
Plants and Plant Structure (41 min)
Cytoplasmic Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFsty-XyLZc
Genetics:
From Grass to Maize How are plants related? Can genetics help us find the relationship of plants to each other?
Chemical Structure of DNA
The components of DNA A short video showing each chemical in DNA
Damage to DNA causes mutations
Introduction to Heredity (17 min)
Punnett Square Fun (25 min)
Allele Frequency (7 min)
Hardy Weinberg Equation (8 min)
Applying the Hardy Weinberg Equation (5 min)
Mendelian Genetics (16 min)
Evolution:
Evolution: What Darwin Never Knew - NOVA/PBS Documentary (1.5 hrs)
Evolution of Humans Documentary (45 min)
What is the Evidence of Evolution? (11 min)
How Evolution Works (11 min)
Natural Selection(Crash Course) (12 min)
The Making of a Theory: Darwin, Wallace and Natural Selection (30 min)
The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and Adaption (9 min)
Ecology:
Crash Course Ecology #1
Global Warming and Plant Productivity (3 min)
Species, Communities and Ecosystems (9 min)
Classification and Diversity:
Bacterial Sensing
Plant Diversity (8 min)
Fungi (9 min)
Protists (5 min)
Pond Water Protist Identification: www.funsci.com/fun3_en/guide/guide1/micro1_en.htm
Archaea (7min)
Bacteria (11min)
Overview of Archaea, Protista, Bacteria (7min)
Kingdom Protista (22 min)
Killer Algae (43 min)
Plants:
BBC Life: Plants (1hr 13min)
BBC How Plants Communicate and Think (52 min)
Khan Video: Parts of a Cell (21 min)
Plants and Plant Structure (41 min)
BBC video: Botany, A Blooming History Photosynthesis(1 hour)
Photosynthesis (12 min)
Photosynthesis process (14 min)
Photosynthesis, Transforming Light to Life (3min)
Plant Genetics and the Environment (29 min)
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms (8 min)
The Difference between Gymnosperms and Angiosperms (10 min)
Plant Physiology of Seed plants (1:07)
Animals:
Sponges and Cnidarians (45 min)
Animal Kingdom: Invertebrates, Minor Phyla Part 1 (2 min)
Animal Kingdom: Invertebrates, Minor Phyla Part 2 (2 min)
Fish and Amphibians (13 min)
Fish, Reptiles and Amphibians (1hrs)
Reptiles and Birds (choose 5)
Mammals - BBC documentary (1 hr)
Human Biology:
Inside The Human Body (1.5 hrs)
The Digestive System Crash course (13 min)The Nervous System Crashc ourse (12 min)
Human Biology (50 min)
Human Anatomy and Medicine - Bill Nye (42 min)
The red titles are videos I have found informational and relate to the QSL lab manual. The other videos are from the South Sutter Syllabus. I recommend all of the Amoeba Sister and Crash Course videos on Youtube. High schoolers can also find some corresponding videos in the sections above.
- The Study of Life:
What is Science?
The Scientific Method - EducationPortal
Taboos of Science
Cells:
Tour of a Cell (High School level): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9pqST72is (My recommendation)
Cells Alive Explore this interactive site and view the Interactive Cell models and cell cycle.
UC Berkeley Lecture: Cells and Tissues (52 min) - plant cells only - very advanced
Khan Video: Parts of a Cell (21 min)
Plants and Plant Structure (41 min)
Cytoplasmic Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFsty-XyLZc
Genetics:
From Grass to Maize How are plants related? Can genetics help us find the relationship of plants to each other?
Chemical Structure of DNA
The components of DNA A short video showing each chemical in DNA
Damage to DNA causes mutations
Introduction to Heredity (17 min)
Punnett Square Fun (25 min)
Allele Frequency (7 min)
Hardy Weinberg Equation (8 min)
Applying the Hardy Weinberg Equation (5 min)
Mendelian Genetics (16 min)
Evolution:
Evolution: What Darwin Never Knew - NOVA/PBS Documentary (1.5 hrs)
Evolution of Humans Documentary (45 min)
What is the Evidence of Evolution? (11 min)
How Evolution Works (11 min)
Natural Selection(Crash Course) (12 min)
The Making of a Theory: Darwin, Wallace and Natural Selection (30 min)
The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and Adaption (9 min)
Ecology:
Crash Course Ecology #1
Global Warming and Plant Productivity (3 min)
Species, Communities and Ecosystems (9 min)
Classification and Diversity:
Bacterial Sensing
Plant Diversity (8 min)
Fungi (9 min)
Protists (5 min)
Pond Water Protist Identification: www.funsci.com/fun3_en/guide/guide1/micro1_en.htm
Archaea (7min)
Bacteria (11min)
Overview of Archaea, Protista, Bacteria (7min)
Kingdom Protista (22 min)
Killer Algae (43 min)
Plants:
BBC Life: Plants (1hr 13min)
BBC How Plants Communicate and Think (52 min)
Khan Video: Parts of a Cell (21 min)
Plants and Plant Structure (41 min)
BBC video: Botany, A Blooming History Photosynthesis(1 hour)
Photosynthesis (12 min)
Photosynthesis process (14 min)
Photosynthesis, Transforming Light to Life (3min)
Plant Genetics and the Environment (29 min)
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms (8 min)
The Difference between Gymnosperms and Angiosperms (10 min)
Plant Physiology of Seed plants (1:07)
Animals:
Sponges and Cnidarians (45 min)
Animal Kingdom: Invertebrates, Minor Phyla Part 1 (2 min)
Animal Kingdom: Invertebrates, Minor Phyla Part 2 (2 min)
Fish and Amphibians (13 min)
Fish, Reptiles and Amphibians (1hrs)
Reptiles and Birds (choose 5)
Mammals - BBC documentary (1 hr)
Human Biology:
Inside The Human Body (1.5 hrs)
The Digestive System Crash course (13 min)The Nervous System Crashc ourse (12 min)
Human Biology (50 min)
Human Anatomy and Medicine - Bill Nye (42 min)
